Municipalities in Pontevedra province by active companies

Vigo had the highest active companies of 62 municipalities in 2017, at 23,097. Dozón had the lowest, at 40. The median was 412 and the figure for Pontevedra province was 68,831. Source: the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Highest23,097Vigo

Lowest40Dozón

Median41262 municipalities

Pontevedra province68,831History

Top 40 municipalities, 2017

count. Source: INE, Directorio central de empresas: empresas activas por municipio (tabla 4721). Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

Rank	Municipalities	2017 count	Change on 2016
1	Vigo	23,097	+1.1%
2	Pontevedra	6,593	+1.3%
3	Vilagarcía de Arousa	2,564	+1.9%
4	O Porriño	1,809	+1.1%
5	Lalín	1,775	+0.1%
6	Redondela	1,746	-1.8%
7	Ponteareas	1,742	+1.6%
8	Sanxenxo	1,589	+3%
9	Cangas	1,561	+3.1%
10	A Estrada	1,539	-0.3%
11	Nigrán	1,426	+0.9%
12	Tui	1,372	+0.9%
13	Mos	1,331	+2.5%
14	Marín	1,258	-0.3%
15	Poio	1,153	+4.5%
16	Moaña	1,134	-0.6%
17	Cambados	1,047	+0.7%
18	Gondomar	1,002	+1.8%
19	Tomiño	877	+2%
20	O Grove	864	+2.6%
21	Baiona	839	+5.5%
22	Silleda	775	+1%
23	Caldas de Reis	769	+2.5%
24	Vilanova de Arousa	738	-3.5%
25	A Guarda	698	+0.1%
26	Bueu	687	+1%
27	Salceda de Caselas	607	+1.8%
28	Salvaterra de Miño	584	-1.5%
29	Soutomaior	453	+0.9%
30	Meaño	450	+2.7%
31	Vila de Cruces	413	+4%
32	Ribadumia	410	+2.2%
33	O Rosal	396	+3.1%
34	Vilaboa	378	+1.9%
35	Meis	349	+2%
36	Ponte Caldelas	346	+2.1%
37	A Cañiza	334	+1.2%
38	Cuntis	314	+5%
39	Valga	302	+0.3%
40	Barro	299	+6.8%
41	Moraña	259	-0.4%
42	A Illa de Arousa	227	-4.2%
43	Forcarei	217	+3.3%
44	Mondariz	216	+5.9%
45	Pontecesures	208	0%
46	Cotobade	203	-7.3%
47	As Neves	184	+4.5%
48	Oia	174	-1.7%
49	Catoira	171	+0.6%
50	Rodeiro	169	+5.6%
51	Agolada	164	+0.6%
52	Arbo	156	+4.7%
53	Portas	140	+4.5%
54	Pazos de Borbén	124	+5.1%
55	A Lama	106	+12.8%
56	Covelo	102	+2%
57	Campo Lameiro	83	-5.7%
58	Crecente	82	+3.8%
59	Cerdedo	81	+14.1%
60	Mondariz-Balneario	57	+1.8%
61	Fornelos de Montes	48	-14.3%
62	Dozón	40	-2.4%

Other periods

About this ranking

Active companies on 1 January (INE Central Business Directory, DIRCE).

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the municipalities are compared on one definition. 1 municipalities with data in other periods have no value for 2017 and are left out rather than filled from another source. Equal values share a rank.

How to cite

Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE). Directorio central de empresas: empresas activas por municipio (tabla 4721). https://www.ine.es/jaxiT3/Tabla.htm?t=4721. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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Instituto Nacional de Estadística. (2026). Directorio central de empresas: empresas activas por municipio (tabla 4721) (Municipalities in Pontevedra province by active companies, 2017) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www.ine.es/jaxiT3/Tabla.htm?t=4721

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Directorio central de empresas: empresas activas por municipio (tabla 4721), Municipalities in Pontevedra province by active companies, 2017. Instituto Nacional de Estadística, 7 Oct. 2026, https://www.ine.es/jaxiT3/Tabla.htm?t=4721. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/active-companies/pontevedra-province-municipalities?period=2017. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

Instituto Nacional de Estadística. 2026. Directorio central de empresas: empresas activas por municipio (tabla 4721). Municipalities in Pontevedra province by active companies, 2017. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www.ine.es/jaxiT3/Tabla.htm?t=4721. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/active-companies/pontevedra-province-municipalities?period=2017.

Harvard

Instituto Nacional de Estadística (2026) Directorio central de empresas: empresas activas por municipio (tabla 4721), Municipalities in Pontevedra province by active companies, 2017 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www.ine.es/jaxiT3/Tabla.htm?t=4721, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/active-companies/pontevedra-province-municipalities?period=2017 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

@misc{instituto_municipalities_in_pontevedra_province_2017,
  author = {{Instituto Nacional de Estadística}},
  title = {{Directorio central de empresas: empresas activas por municipio (tabla 4721): Municipalities in Pontevedra province by active companies, 2017}},
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  howpublished = {Data set},
  url = {https://www.ine.es/jaxiT3/Tabla.htm?t=4721},
  urldate = {2026-10-12},
  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/active-companies/pontevedra-province-municipalities?period=2017. Publisher attribution: Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE). Directorio central de empresas: empresas activas por municipio (tabla 4721). https://www.ine.es/jaxiT3/Tabla.htm?t=4721. Retrieved 2026-10-12.},
}

RIS

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Which municipality has the highest active companies?

Vigo, with 23,097 in 2017, according to the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Which municipality has the lowest active companies?

Dozón, with 40 in 2017.

Where does this ranking come from?

Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Directorio central de empresas: empresas activas por municipio (tabla 4721). Retrieved 2026-10-12. 1 municipalities have no value for 2017 and are not ranked.